Saturday 3 August 2013

Overwhelmed

Everything is too much. Not just food. Everything is too much. 

The pressure just keeps building. It's a bubbling irritation, filling up my body, about to burst.

Meltdowns occur once or twice a day. The pressure builds, and I start to snap back whenever spoken to, swear like a sailor, or start ranting. Then comes the self-harm, in an explosive burst. I'm littered with bruises, bumps and various open wounds. I start to vocalize the negative talk that swims around in my head, raving in an endless circle. Sometimes a few tears leak out alongside, and if they do, good luck trying to stop crying.

My mood is shit, obviously. My intake is shit. I've been between 600-750 calories so far this week. So much for "not a single day under 1,000". Mum wants to be more involved in my meal planning, so she knows what I have to eat at each meal to get to 1,000. She also suggested we start planning a dinner I'm comfortable with earlier in the day, because I keep refusing to eat what's on the menu and having my stew or soup instead.

I'm dreading my appointments next week. I don't want to see the dietician after yet another week of failing to reach calorie goals. I don't want to see the thoracic physician, three months later and I'm still smoking like a train (though less weed, more tobacco). Mum says both are understandable, that I can't make any real progress with eating or smoking while my head's such a wreck. "One thing at a time" she says, "you can't be so hard on yourself", but all I see is failure. 

As for my foot, I went back to the GP on Thursday, and showed her my impressive bruise. It seems I've sprained my arch, not my ankle, quite badly. She sent me to get an x-ray, and thankfully they came back fine. No breaks, just a helluvalot of bruising. Now I'm just waiting on her to sort out what's going on with my meds, and then hopefully things'll start to improve. 

Sorry for so much negativity lately. On the bright side, I've nearly finished sewing my dress, so hopefully I'll have pictures up in the next few days. 


xxBella

7 comments:

  1. Hope your foot gets better! Good luck with the meds.. ugh I hate new meds and increases and stuff XD side effects terrify me.

    I can't wait to see your dress. <3 I bet it's awesome

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  2. I'm so sorry to hear your week has been hard hunn.
    Look at it this way, even the most compulsive addicts, when on the road to recovery, say that some days will be hell, but going through hell and living through it makes the battle worth it!
    I totally agree with your mom, one step at a time. Settle up the most important thing first then work on the others.

    Good to hear nothing is broken, hopefully it all heals up quickly. I too cannot wait to see the dress!

    Stay positive hunn,
    Xoxo.

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  3. Aww Bella, I'm so sorry you've had such a rubbish week. Sending you great big bear hugs and hoping that things get better real soon for you. Keep fighting lovely. XXX

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  4. i'm sorry things aren't going well right now. i understand that overwhelmed feeling. it's terrible, which is an understatement of massive proportions. negative is simply the polar opposite of positive, and without one you couldn't truly recognize the other, ya know? so hang in there, you'll be alright.

    i hope that pressure decreases, as well as the self-harm and negative talk. you deserve to be happy. things will get better. take care, bella xx

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  5. Wow I didn't even know you could sprain an arch! Looking forward to the pictures of the dress hun :)

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  6. Hi Bella~ Sorry to hear that you had a hard week last week ... :( I hope things get better this week! Please feel better and stay strong honey!
    Lots of love and hugs to you! xoxo

    P.s. I'm looking forward to seeing your dress! :)

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  7. I have no words Bella
    Just know that I am thinking about you and sending love your way x

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